Paul Simon’s bittersweet lyrics set the stage for this raw and funny exploration of why even life-changing insights often slip through our fingers. Raghunath and Kaustubha unpack the slippery nature of spiritual determination — and how each of us can make the simple but bold choice to live a meaningful life before the clock runs out. This episode blends music, humor, and timeless wisdom from the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Highlights include:
•⁠ ⁠What Paul Simon teaches us about missing our moment
•⁠ ⁠How Kamsa fell back into old ways after glimpsing wisdom — and why we do too
•⁠ ⁠Why meaning matters more than magnitude in what we do
•⁠ ⁠The elements of a Vishnu-centered society — and the surprising roles of cows and brahmanas

Don’t let your breakthroughs slip away — tune in now!

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The most obvious and pervasive realities are often the hardest to see. Like fish who don’t realize they’re swimming in water, we move through samsara — the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth — unaware of the forces shaping us.

In this episode, Raghunath and Kaustubha unpack the illusion that my experience is the most real, vivid, and important, and explore how yoga wisdom teaches us to zoom out, recognize our connection to the whole, and break free from self-centered existence.

Drawing on David Foster Wallace’s “default setting,” the story of the fish and the water, and King Yudhiṣṭhira’s profound greeting in the Mahābhārata, they reveal how to stop reacting to immediate causes — and start seeing the supreme cause behind everything.

Highlights:

•⁠ ⁠Why samsara — and its lessons — often go unseen
•⁠ ⁠The illusion of separateness and self-importance
•⁠ ⁠How to greet others in the spirit of liberation
•⁠ ⁠How a rock star’s madness reveals the trap of ego
•⁠ ⁠Why we stay busy counteracting symptoms while ignoring the cause

Subscribe and join thousands on the path from illusion to liberation.

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When Karma Meets Dharma: Contradictions of Destiny and Duty

Do the choices you made in your past life shape the family, friends, and circumstances you’re born into? And how do bhakti-yogis navigate a path of dharma that sometimes seems to contradict itself — demanding sacrifice, mercy, or even revenge — all in the name of love?

In this live Q&A from Tuscany, Raghunath and Kaustubha tackle two profound questions: how to take radical responsibility (karma) and how to recognize the right course of action when dharma appears to point in conflicting directions.

From choosing your parents before birth to uncovering the love hidden in even the toughest moral dilemmas, this conversation reveals how karma and dharma lead us toward spiritual growth — if we trust the divine plan.

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